NEW YORK (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday announced that his department will devote $100 million toward a pilot program addressing homelessness and substance abuse in eight cities, building on an executive order President Donald Trump signed last week related to addiction.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will also make faith-based organizations eligible for addiction-related grants and expand states’ ability to use federal health funding for substance
ELKINS — Phase one of the Augusta Heritage Center’s redevelopment of the historic Wilt Building is expected to be complete this summer, officials said.
“We’re in kind of a demolition phase downstairs and we’ve opened up the entire three businesses that were down there in preparation for creating the three new spaces,” August Heritage Executive Director Seth Young told The Inter-Mountain. “The three new spaces will be a cafe, community hub and dance hall. We have removed all the walls and we are
The stories get a different perspective under a directional shift of Uranus. For instance, what is the moral of “The Wizard of Oz”? You already had everything you needed. Go back. Be content. Love the familiar. The adventure was just a lesson. And Uranus responds: Absolutely not. There are many places “over the rainbow.” For those planning to wake up somewhere new, the options are wide open, so don’t settle.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Though naive, it’s human nature to assume others want the
CHARLESTON — A handful of delegates in the West Virginia State Legislature have proposed a pair of new bills that would have a direct effect on data centers looking to set up shop in the Mountain State.
The two bills, HB 4509 and HB 4683, were introduced on Jan. 19 and Jan. 21, respectively.
HB 4509 aims to revise HB 2019 and return control to local governments for data center projects.
The bill, which would eliminate most of the original text of HB 2014, was introduced by Delegates Evan Hansen
MORGANTOWN — Despite never attending West Virginia University, a late Monongalia County native with a commitment to community is empowering future students through an estate gift of more than $1.8 million.
Margaret Frances Verbonic Hodges died Oct. 21, 2025, at the age of 84. Prior to her passing, she documented her devotion to WVU with a generous gift in her will.
The funds will be used to establish the Michael Verbonic, Jr. Memorial Scholarship in memory of her brother, a WVU graduate. The
NEW YORK (AP) — Promoted by President Donald Trump as “a must watch,” the Melania Trump documentary “Melania” debuted with a better-than-expected $7 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The release of “Melania” was unlike any seen before. Amazon MGM Studios paid $40 million for the rights, plus some $35 million to market it, making it the most expensive documentary ever. Directed by Brett Ratner, who had been exiled from Hollywood since 2017, the film about the first
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday he will move to close Washington’s Kennedy Center performing arts center for two years starting in July for construction, his latest proposal to upturn the storied venue since returning to the White House.
Trump’s announcement on social media follows a wave of cancellations by leading performers, musicians and groups since the president ousted the previous leadership and added his name to the building. Trump made no mention in his post of the
MORGANTOWN — The numbers compiled by the 22nd-ranked WVU women’s basketball team were simply astonishing Sunday.
They read: 23 offensive rebounds, 30 turnovers forced and a 36-8 scoring advantage in the paint.
That’s not the amazing part, because they’re numbers you’ve seen before from Mark Kellogg’s Mountaineers, usually in those early November games against an overmatched opponent.
This came against No. 14 Baylor, the same Baylor that has been the benchmark of Big 12 women’s basketball for the
CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Lindsey Vonn crashed and injured her left knee in her final downhill race on Friday before the Olympics and said she hopes to recover in time for the Milan Cortina Games.
“This is a very difficult outcome one week before the Olympics… but if there’s one thing I know how to do, it’s a comeback,” the 41-year-old American wrote on Instagram hours after she was airlifted off the course. “My Olympic dream is not over.”
Vonn was the third skier to crash in the World
Betty L. New, a former resident of Jerusalem Road, Mill Creek, West Virginia, and recently of Lavender Fields Assisted Living Facility in Beverly, West Virginia, departed this life Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. She had been in declining health for several years.
Betty was born on Jan. 25, 1943, in Baltimore, Maryland, to the late Ella Weese.
Betty attended the schools of Randolph County.
Betty held multiple jobs throughout her life, but most would remember her working at Liggett’s Supply, Wal-Mart
